Stories
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A reflection on art in a mental hospital
Artist Beth Hopkins explains how she used her experience of researching the Adamson Collection to create an embroidered wall hanging.
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Hands-on healthcare
A young hospital volunteer feared her contribution was a long way from the serious business of real healthcare. But time spent painting patients’ nails proved to be a valuable contribution to life on the ward.
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Audrey in the world
As the collection is fully catalogued, the archive is opened up to the public. A feature film about Audrey premieres, and Audrey gets her own Wikipedia page, so people can learn about her. For archivist Elena, it’s time to step back.
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Born in the NHS
Despite underfunding, strikes and scandals, the first two decades of the 2000s has seen the British people’s love of and loyalty to the NHS soar.
Catalogue
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London Creativity and Wellbeing Week : 13-19 June 2016.
London Arts in Health ForumDate: [2016]- Pictures
An organic form in blue, pink and purple. Gouache by Margaret Parks, 1967.
Parks, Margaret, active approximately 1966-1967.Date: 19.1.67 [19 January 1967]Reference: 3025770iPart of: Adamson Collection- Pictures
Organic shapes and forms in turquoise and black. Gouache by Margaret Parks, 1967.
Parks, Margaret, active approximately 1966-1967.Date: 23.1.67 [23 January 1967]Reference: 3020883iPart of: Adamson Collection- Pictures
Organic flower-like forms in orange and shades of purple. Watercolour by Patricia Longdon, 1966.
Longdon, Patricia, active approximately 1966.Date: 3.10.66 [3 October 1966]Reference: 3000928iPart of: Adamson Collection- Pictures
A green background with an organic form running diagonally across it in orange and purple. Gouache by Margaret Parks, 1967.
Parks, Margaret, active approximately 1966-1967.Date: 9.1.67 [9 January 1967]Reference: 3020875iPart of: Adamson Collection